In the multigenre research project, the student selects a topic and does research as if it were a traditional research paper: collecting information and recording it, synthesizing the information, then presenting it through writing. Instead of the single, extended prose piece of a traditional research paper, though, the multigenre paper consists of a number of creative pieces—poetry, advice columns, diary entries, news articles, lists, artwork, graphics, and alternate styles of writing—imaginative writing based on fact. (p. 2)
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In the multigenre research project, the student selects a topic and does research as if it were a traditional research paper: collecting information and recording it, synthesizing the information, then presenting it through writing. Instead of the single, extended prose piece of a traditional research paper, though, the multigenre paper consists of a number of creative pieces—poetry, advice columns, diary entries, news articles, lists, artwork, graphics, and alternate styles of writing—imaginative writing based on fact. (p. 2)
Melinda Putz, author of A Teacher's Guide to the Multigenre Research Project: Everything You Need to Get Started.
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